Clump of Trees at Civita Castellana, 1826

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown ink and graphite with white heightening on brown wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 26.5 x 35.2 cm (10 7/16 x 13 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1990.47.1

Artists / Makers

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (artist) French, 1796 - 1875

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right in graphite: Civita Castellana / 1826

Provenance

A. Stroelin, Lausanne; (sale, Gutekunst and Klipstein, Bern, 22 November 1956, no. 66); Curtis O. Baer [1898-1976]; by descent to Dr. and Mrs. George Baer; designated purchase by NGA with funds contributed by Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1990.

Associated Names

Baer, Curtis O.
Baer, George M., Dr. and Mrs.
Gutekunst & Klipstein

Exhibition History

1958: Drawings from the Collection of Curtis O. Baer, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 1958, no. 44 (cat. by Agnes Mongan).

1960: Corot, 1796-1875, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1960, no. 144.

1960: Old Master Drawings, The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, 1960, no. 15.

1985: Master Drawings from Titian to Picasso, The Curtis O. Baer Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, and tour, 1985-1987, no. 71 (cat. by Eric M. Zafran).

1991: Art for the Nation, Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991, pp. 142-143.

2012: Camille Corot: Natur und Traum [Camille Corot: Nature and Dream], Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, 2012-2013.

Bibliography

2012: Grasselli, Margaret Morgan, and Andrew Robison. Color, Line, Light: French Drawings, Watercolors, and Pastels from Delacroix to Signac. Exh. cat. Musée des impressionnismes Giverny and National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 47-48, fig. 1 (color).